Bible

An example of Bible is the 66 books of the Old Testament and New Testament in the Christian religion.

Bible

the sacred book of Christianity; Old Testament and New Testament: some Roman Catholic versions also include all or part of the Apocrypha

the Holy Scriptures of Judaism, identical with the Old Testament of Christianity

a copy or particular edition of the Scriptures

any collection or book of writings sacred to a religion: the Koran is the Muslim Bible

[b-] any book regarded as authoritative or official

Origin of Bible

Middle English and Old French from Medieval Latin biblia from Gr, collection of writings, in LGr(Ec), the Scriptures (pl. of biblion, book) from biblos, papyrus, after Byblos (now Dscheb?l), Phoenician city from which papyrus was imported

Bible

noun

a. The sacred book of Christianity, a collection of ancient writings including the books of both the Old Testament and the New Testament.

b. The Hebrew Scriptures, the sacred book of Judaism.

c. A particular copy of a Bible: the old family Bible.

d. A book or collection of writings constituting the sacred text of a religion.

often bible

a. A book considered authoritative in its field: the bible of French cooking.

b. A document containing in-depth details about a movie or television series that writers and production staff consult in order to avoid continuity errors.

Origin of Bible

Middle English from Old French from Late Latin bibliafrom Greek pl. ofbiblionbookdiminutive ofbiblospapyrus, bookfromBublos, Byblos

BOOKS OF THE BIBLE

Books of the Hebrew Scriptures appear as listed in the translation by the Jewish Publication Society of America. Books of the Christian Bible appear as listed in the Jerusalem Bible, a 1966 translation of the 1956 French Roman Catholic version. The Old Testament books shown in italic are considered apocryphal in many Christian churches, but they are accepted as canonical in the Roman Catholic Church, the Eastern Orthodox Church, and the Armenian and the Ethiopian Oriental Orthodox Church. The Christian Old Testament parallels the Hebrew Scriptures with the exception of these books.

bible

apocrypha1. religious writings of disputed origin, regarded by many author-ities as uncanonical.2. (capitalized) a group of 15 books, not part of the canonical Hebrew Bible, but present in the Septuagint and Vulgate and hence accepted by some as biblical. —apocryphal, adj.biblicisma strict following of the teachings of the Bible.biblicist1. an expert in biblical text and exegesis.2. a person who strictly follows the teachings of the Bible.biblioclasmthe destruction of books, especially the Bible. —biblioclast, n.bibliolatera person who respects the Bible excessively and interprets it literally.bibliomancya form of divination using books, especially the Bible, in which passages are chosen at random and the future foretold from them.dittologya doublé reading or interpretation, especially of a Bible passage.eisegesisthe introduction by an interpreter of his own ideas into a text under explication.Elohistthe author of part of the first six books in the Old Testament, so named because of references to God as Elohim.Cf. Yahwist.exegesiscritical explication or interpretation of Scripture.exegeticsthe branch of theology that specializes in interpretation, or exegesis, of Biblical literature. Historically, exegetes have recognized four levels of meaning in the Bible: the historical or literal, the allegorical, the moral, and the anagogical or mystical, putting emphasis on the necessity of a foundation for the latter three in the literal sense. —exegete,n.exegetistan exegete; one skilled in exegesis.fundamentalismthe rationale of conservative American Protestants who regard the Bible as free of errors or contradictions and emphasize its literal interpretation, usually without reference to modern scholarship. Also called literalism. —fundamentalist,n., adj.hermeneuticsthe science of interpretation and explanation, especially the branch of theology that deals with the general principles of Biblical interpretation. —hermeneut, hermeneutist,n.higher criticismthe analysis of Biblical materials that aims to ascertain, from internal evidence, authorship, date, and intent. Cf. Lower Criticism.Hutchinsonianism1. the theories of John Hutchinson, an 18th-century Yorkshireman, who disputed Newton’s theory of gravitation and maintained that a system of natural science was to be found in the Old Testament.2. the tenets of the followers of Mrs. Anne Hutchinson, an antinomian who lived in the early days of the Massachusetts Colony. —Hutchinsonian,adj.inspirationismthe belief in inspiration arising from the Scriptures. —inspirationist,n. —inspirative,adj.isagogicsa branch of theology that is introductory to actual exegesis, empha-sizing the literary and cultural history of Biblical writings. —isagogic,adj.lectiona reading from a text, especially a reading from the Bible as part of a church service.lectionarya list of the lections, or texts, to be read in church services through-out the canonical year.literalism1. fundamentalism.2. Scripturalism. —literalist,n., adj.lower criticismthe study of Biblical materials that intends to reconstruct their original texts in preparation for the tasks of Higher Criticism. Cf. Higher Criticism.pseudepigraphathe spurious writings (other than the canonical books and the Apocrypha) professing to be biblical in character, as the Books of Enoch. —pseudepigraphic, pseudepigraphical, pseudepigraphous,adj.Scripturalisma strict compliance with the literal interpretation of the Bible. Also called literalism.synoptista Biblical scholar who arranges side-by-side excerpts from the first three Gospels to show their resemblances in event, chronology, and language. —synoptic,adj.Targumist1. the writer of a Targum, a translation or paraphrase into Aramaic of a portion of the Old Testament.2. an authority on Targumic literature. —Targumic, Targumistic,adj.textualismthe practice of adhering strictly to the Scriptures. —textualist, textuary,n.textuarya textualist.tropista person who explains the Scriptures in terms of tropes, or figures of speech.tropologya method of interpreting biblical literature emphasizing the moral implications of the tropes, or figures of speech, used in its composition. —tropological,adj.typologythe analysis of symbolism, especially of the meaning of Scripture types. —typologist,n. —typological,adj.Yahwistthe author of part of the first six books in the Old Testament, so named because of numerous references therein to God as Yahweh (Jehovah). Cf. Elohist.

bible

English from the 14th century, from Middle Latin biblia (“book”) (reinterpreted as a feminine from earlier Latin neuter plural biblia (“books”)), from Ancient Greek βιβλία (biblia, “books”), plural of βιβλίον (biblion, “small book”), originally a diminutive of βίβλος (biblos, “book”), from βύβλος (bublos, “papyrus”) (from the ancient Phoenician city of Byblos which exported this writing material).

Sentence Examples

He subsequently undertook the preparation of a new edition of the Hebrew Bible for the British and Foreign Bible Society.

I began to read the Bible long before I could understand it.

"Magna Carta, the Petition of Rights and the Bill of Rights form that code, which I call the Bible of the English Constitution."

Since Bishop Brooks died I have read the Bible through; also some philosophical works on religion, among them Swedenborg's "Heaven and Hell" and Drummond's "Ascent of Man," and I have found no creed or system more soul-satisfying than Bishop Brooks's creed of love.

Permanent committees on the "Sabbath and family religion," the "Bible cause" and "evangelistic work" report to the General Assembly annually.